The Chijnaya Foundation

What We Do

The Chijnaya Foundation works in partnership with rural communities in Southern Peru to design and implement self-sustaining projects in health, education, and economic development. We believe in the capacity of Andean people to create self-sustaining activities that will improve their living standards and quality of life.

Economic Development

Economic development for rural communities is at the heart of the Chijnaya Foundation mission, specifically agricultural microlending.

Health and the Environment

The fortunes of families and communities are closely tied to basic health care access, clean water, and native plant and aquatic ecosystems.

Education

We responds to the overwhelming demand of rural families for access to higher education by establishing a university scholarship program.

Dear Friends and Supporters of The Chijnaya Foundation: As a new member of the Board of Directors of The Chijnaya Foundation, I attended my first annual meeting of the Board in January 2017. My introduction to the Foundation came via a letter much like this one. When...

Support The Chijnaya Foundation

A heartfelt thank you from The Chijnaya Foundation and from the people of the Altiplano to the donors whose generosity makes our work possible. All individual private donations are applied directly to projects in the communities we serve